Pulmonary tuberculosis: Up-to-date imaging and management

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 834-844

  Yeon, Joo Jeong ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung CT; Lung disease; Lung infection; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLINE C 11; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA INTERFERON;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 51349113024     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3896     Document Type: Review

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